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Determining Crop Available Nutrients From Manure, Charles Shapiro, Leslie J. Johnson, Amy Schmidt, Richard Koelsch

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide discusses the availability and use of manure nutrients for field crop production. When managed correctly, nutrients in livestock manure can be a valuable resource. When managed improperly, however, these same nutrients represent a potential environmental pollutant. Accurate crediting of manure nutrients within a total crop nutrient program is fundamental to utilizing manure as a resource. This NebGuide illustrates how to estimate the crop available manure nutrients (part c, Figure 1) and calculate an agronomically based manure application rate. There are other tools available that do the calculations for you. This NebGuide will explain each step of the process. …

Good Riddance Rodents, Elizabeth Killinger

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Holidays will be here soon and that means house guests might be coming. Take a few steps now to make sure your ‘guests’ are the ones you want at your house, not the furry, unwelcome kind. House mice are common guests once the outdoor temperatures drop. These small light gray, furry rodents have large ears and long tail. Their preferred food is grains, but they will munch on just about anything. One reason mice can be a problem once inside is due to their rapid ability to reproduce. Each year, a female mouse can produce 5-10 litters, with about 5-6 …

Can Manure Management Be A Win-Win, Paul C. Hay

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Manure and Soil Health: What is the State of the Science? Can manure be both an economic ‘Win’ and an environmental ‘Win’? What fields provide the best opportunity for Win/Win? What exactly are the environmental and soil health wins associated with manure? Can we test soils so that we have more understanding of the value of manure nutrients and carbon? What are the biological processes in a soil system that benefit from organic fertilizers? These and other questions are the topics a new University of Nebraska working group addressing Manure and Soil Health (MaSH) plan to address. Rick Koelsch, University …

Common Grasses Of Nebraska: Rangeland Prairie Pasture (Including Grass-Like Plants), Cheryl Dunn, Mitchell B. Stephenson, James Stubbendieck

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Introduction 3 • Plant Groups 4 • Parts of a Grass Plant 5 • Inflorescence Characteristics 5 • Vegetative Characteristics 5 • Parts of a Grass-Like • Plant 5 • Fruit and Floral Characteristics 5 • Vegetative Characteristics 5 •

Warm-Season • Perennial Grasses • Bermudagrass 14 • Blowoutgrass 15 • bluestems: • Big bluestem 16 • Little bluestem 18 • Sand bluestem 20 • Silver bluestem 21 • Yellow bluestem 22 • Buffalograss 24 • dropseeds: • Alkali sacaton 26 • Prairie dropseed 27 • Sand dropseed 29 • Tall dropseed 30 • Eastern gamagrass 32 • gramas: • …

Perennial Geraniums, Sarah Browning

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Hardy geraniums are a great ground cover plant for sunny or partially shaded areas, but they are often confused with the beautiful annual geraniums found at the garden center in spring. Technically, annual geraniums are in the genus Pelargonium, while the hardy geraniums are true geraniums. However, hardy geraniums are great perennial plants that deserve to be used more in Nebraska gardens.

Español A Inglés / English To Spanish: A Guide For Communication In Livestock Operations, Charles A. Shapiro, Leslie J. Johnson, John C. Fech, Paul Hay, Tom Holman, Larry Howard

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Translated by: Rachel Albin, Dianne Danehey, Trevor Wright, and Alex Alpizar

Inglés/English * Cómo pronunciar la frase en Inglés * Español/Spanish * How to pronounce the phrase in Spanish

Numbers * General Communication * Locations * Weather * Colors * Days * Descriptions * Quantities * Feeding * Animal Health * Veterinary Terms * Manure Handling * Animals * General animal care

The Nebraska Phosphorus Index (2012): Background And Users Guide, Charles Wortmann, Charles Shapiro, Leslie J. Johnson, Renee F. Hancock

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This publication provides the basis and procedure for using a phosphorus (P) index to assess risk of P delivery from agricultural land to surface waters. The P index is intended for planning as well as regulatory and educational purposes.

Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for the growth of both crops and aquatic vegetation. Phosphorus, either in inorganic form such as with fertilizer or in organic form as with animal manures, often needs to be applied to the land for optimal crop growth. An important byproduct of animal feeding is manure that contains P. Land application of manure can be beneficial …

Manure Incorporation And Crop Residue Cover — Part I: Reduction Of Cover, David P. Shelton

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

How residue cover is reduced by soil-engaging components typically used with tank spreaders and towed hose systems to apply liquid or slurry manure.

Manure incorporation represents a compromise between best management practices for soil erosion control and manure management. Manure should be incorporated into the soil for odor control, increased availability of nutrients, and control of potential manure runoff; however, disturbing the soil and crop residue may increase soil erosion and water runoff. This NebGuide summarizes the results of a field study to determine the influences on crop residue cover of common equipment used to simultaneously apply and incorporate manure.

G1564 Manure Incorporation And Crop Residue Cover — Part Ii: Fine-Tuning The System, David P. Shelton

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

How injector/applicator spacing, tire spacing, field speed, and other factors influence the amount of residue cover reduction after manure incorporation.

Manure incorporation represents a conflict between best management practices for soil erosion control and manure management. Manure should be incorporated into the soil for odor control, maximum availability of nutrients, and control of potential manure runoff. However, for maximum soil erosion control, the soil and crop residue should remain undisturbed. These two best management practices must be balanced since disturbing the soil and residue for manure incorporation, either with conventional tillage implements or equipment specifically designedfor manure application, reduces the …

Feeding Corn Milling Co-Products To Feedlot Cattle, 3rd Edition, Galen E. Erickson, Crystal D. Buckner, Terry J. Klopfenstein

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Introduction

Two primary types of milling processes currently exist, resulting in quite different feed products. These processing plants produce and market a variety of feed products, but in general, the dry milling process produces distillers grains plus solubles (DGS), and the wet milling process produces corn gluten feed (CGF). These feeds can be marketed as wet feeds, or they can be dried and marketed as either dry corn gluten feed (DCGF) or dry distillers grains (DDG) with or without solubles.

For the purposes of this report, wet corn gluten feed (WCGF), wet distillers grains plus solubles (WDGS), DCGF and dried …

Feeding Corn Milling Co-Products To Forage Fed Cattle, 1st Edition, Aaron Stalker, Rick Rasby, Galen E. Erickson, Crystal Buckner, Terry J. Klopfenstein

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Introduction

Beef calves from weaning until they enter feedlots, developing heifers, and beef cows are fed primarily forage diets. Especially in the winter, forages are low in protein and phosphorus and need to be supplemented. Corn milling co-products are excellent sources of both protein and phosphorus and fi t nicely into winter supplementation programs. Corn milling co-products are also an excellent source of energy and are particularly well suited to forage based diets.

Two primary types of milling processes currently exist, resulting in quite diff erent feed products. The dry milling process produces distillers grains plus solubles (DGS), and the …

Ec179 Managing Livestock Manure To Protect Environmental Quality, Michael A. Reynolds, Brian L. Benham, Richard B. Ferguson, Christopher G. Henry, Charles A. Shapiro, James P. Stack, Charles S. Wortman, Richard K. Koelsch

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Proper utilization of livestock manure is a major environmental concern. Livestock manure has typically been considered a ‘waste product’ of livestock production. A more accurate name for this material is a ‘recycled resource’ from the production of livestock. By managing livestock manure, the producer has a second chance to utilize the nutrients that have already been paid for but not fully utilized by the animal. Collecting, containing, and properly spreading livestock manure will incur additional costs for the producer. However, these costs can be offset or justified by the producer in terms of the yield enhancement and nutrient credits that …

G1272 Nebguide: Blue Mustard Control, Drew Lyon, Robert N. Klein, Robert G. Wilson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Blue mustard is a troublesome weed in winter wheat and alfalfa in central and western Nebraska. This NebGuide discusses methods of control.

Blue mustard [Chorispora tenella (Pallas) D.C.] was introduced into the United States from Siberia in 1929 and was first reported in Lewiston, Idaho. It was identified in Keith County, Nebraska in 1953. Blue mustard is a winter annual weed, with seed germinating in late summer and fall. The plant overwinters as a rosette. The flower stalk usually elongates, a process known as bolting, in March. With mild February weather, bolting may occur in early March. Cold weather …

Ec1778 Field Windbreaks, Jim Brandle, Laurie Hodges

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Agricultural producers face many challenges as they try to balance efficient production systems with increasing environmental standards. For these systems to be successful, they must optimize the balance between inputs and field production. Field windbreaks are one way to increase yields while at the same time reducing inputs and improving both environmental quality and production efficiency. Windbreaks reduce wind speed and alter the microclimate in sheltered areas. Filed windbreaks reduce wind erosion and the damage to crops caused by wind-blown soil. They improve water use efficiency, reduce risks associated with drought, and manage blowing snow.

Field windbreaks provide positive economic …

Strategies For Range Beef Cattle Producers In Arid Environments Following Drought, Tom Holman, David Baltensperger, Pat Reece, Ivan Rush

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Precipitation can be below average for much of the Nebraska Panhandle and adjoining areas for prolonged periods. Prolonged drought results in an inadequate supply of forage for hundreds of thousands of beef cattle on millions of acres of rangeland. While some variation occurs among ranches and among pastures within a given ranch, all rangeland vegetation in arid environments like western Nebraska can be moderately to severely damaged by drought stress and/or excessive grazing. Consequently, even if soil moisture is not limited in the years following a drought, spring growth rate will be reduced and total annual forage production can be …

Ec 00-1564-S Bumble Boosters: A Guide To Identifying Nebraska Bumble Bee Species, Doug Golick, Marion D. Ellis

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Why Bumble Bees Are Important

Capturing Bumble Bees

Making a Reference Collection

The Bee Family Tree

The Bumble Bee Family Tree

Bumble Bee Mimics

How to Use the Identification Guide

Bee Identification Guide

Checklist of Nebraska Species

External Morphology of Bumble Bees

Glossary

Additional Resources

About Bumble Boosters

Data Sheet for Collection Specimens

For most people, pollen means allergies and bees mean stings. However, you should thank a bee, butterfly, bat, bird, or other pollinator for one out of every three bites of food you eat. Pollination is the transfer of pollen from one flower to another. It is a …

G91-1024 Two Crops In One Year: Relay Intercropping, Gary Lesoing, Russell Moomaw, Charles A. Francis

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This publication covers crop variety selection, weed control, and other cultural practices for relay intercropping a crop like soybeans into growing winter wheat or oats. Multiple cropping refers to growing two crops on the same field during the same year. One method of multiple cropping is doublecropping, which is the growing of a second crop after harvest of the first crop. In Nebraska, where opportunities for doublecropping are limited, relay intercropping is a possible alternative. In relay intercropping, two crops are in the field at the same time during part of the season. A small grain is usually relay intercropped …

4-H 224 Clothing: Level 2, Rose Marie Tondl

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

4-H 224 discusses clothing level 2.

Ec86-1862 Nebraska Commercial Turfgrass Disease Control Guide, John E. Watkins, Robert C. Shearman

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Table 1. Disease occurrence calendar and fungicide spray schedules

Table 2. Fungicides for control of turfgrass diseases.

Leaf Spot, Melting-out, Necrotic Ring Spot (Fusarium Blight Syndrome) Summer Patch Stripe Smut (A. Bruneau) (B. Joyner) Dollar Spot Pythium Blight Rhizoctonia Blight (Brown Patch) Yellow Patch Nematode Injury Anthracnose Fusarium Patch (Pink Snow Mold) Typhula Blight (Gray Snow Mold) Ascochyta Leaf Blight Rust Slime Mold Fairy Ring Septoria Leaf Spot Phythium Damping-off Powdery Mildew

It Pays To Test Your Irrigation Pumping Plant, George C. Morin, Deon D. Axthelm, Laverne E. Stetson, Paul Fischbach, Dean Eisenhauer, James R. Gilley, Wayne F. Kroutil, Walter L. Trimmer

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

A pumping plant performance test can determine the energy efficiency of an irrigation pumping plant and provIde information on adjustments needed to improve energy efficiency. The performance of an irrigation pumping plant should be evaluated by trained personnel using accurate testing equipment. This service can be performed by consulting engineers, by many well drilling companies, and some Natural Resources Districts and Public Power Districts. See your County Extension Agent for more information concerning these services.

A pumping plant test should be performed regardless of the age of your system. Test all new systems so that you can be assured that …

A Guide To Integrated Pest Management At Feedlots And Dairies, J. B. Campbell, C. D. Mcneal

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is rather new terminology used to describe the old art of keeping pest infestations below economic levels by utilizing a combination of control methodologies. This guide has been prepared to assist feedlot and dairy operators and consultants in an integrated approach to the management of pests. It is our purpose to outline a combination of sanitation, chemical methods and cultural control of stable flies, house flies and--to a much lesser extent--rats and starlings. The guide may also be useful to entomology and animal science students and county agents.

Stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans (L.)

House Fly, Musca …

Ec78-1861 Diseases Of Nebraska's Major Field Crops: Wheat, Oats, Corn, Sorghum, Soybeans, Sugarbeets, Dry Edible Beans, John E. Watkins

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 78-1861 talks about diseases of Nebraska’s major field crops. The crops they look at are : wheat, oats, corn, sorghum, soybeans, sugar beets, and dry edible beans.

Ec75-219 Nebraska Swine Report, William Ahlschwede, T. E. Socha, Alfonso Torres-Medina, A. J. Lewis, P. J. Cunningham, Dwane R. Zimmerman, E. R. Peo Jr., Larry K. Mcmullen, Bobby D. Moser, D. L. Ferguson, Phillip H. Grabouski, Murray Danielson, Charles W. Francis, L. F. Elliott, J. A. Deshazer, Roger W. Mandigo, W. J. Goldner, R. D. Fritschen, Gary Zoubek

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This 1975 Nebraska Swine Report was prepared by the staff in Animal Science and cooperating departments for use in the Extension and Teaching programs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Authors from the following areas contributed to this publication: Swine Nutrition, swine diseases, pathology, economics, engineering, swine breeding, meats, agronomy, and diagnostic laboratory. It covers the following areas: breeding, disease control, feeding, nutrition, economics, housing and meats.

Ec 73-956 Casseroles, Ethel Diedrichsen

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Casserole dishes can add interest to everyday meals. They can be easy to make and serve. Usually they provide part of the protein in the form of meat, poultry, eggs, fish or cheese that is needed every day. Some casserole dishes are more economical than others. Those extended with bread or cereal foods are among the thriftiest choices. Money saving ideas for casserole dishes include: 1. Use of less tender cuts of meat made tender by cooking slowly with moisture, or by grinding, cubing, pounding and scoring. 2. Use of leftovers. 3. Grocery shopping on bargain days. 4. Use of …

Livestock Feeding: What Small Feeders Are Doing In Nebraska, Allen C. Wellman, Jeffrey L. Jorgensen

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Specific data about how smaller Nebraska feeders are marketing their livestock has not been readily available. This is a report of a survey which was conducted in order to analyze the marketing practices of these livestock feeders and the changes in their marketing practices over a five-year period.

The objectives of this study are (1) to determine whether direct sales of fed cattle to packers is increasing in Nebraska as national trends indicate, (2) to obtain a general picture of the current state of the livestock marketing system for small feeders in Nebraska, and (3) to forecast possible trends for …

Ec72-786 Natural Resources Districts, Harold Gilman

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1. Q. What is a natural resources district (NRD)? A. A natural resources district is a political subdivision of the State of Nebraska which consolidates the functions of several existing types of resource-related special purpose districts.

2. Q. What types of existing districts are consolidated into the new natural resources districts? A. All of the following types of districts are to cease their individual existence and become part of the natural resources districts: (a) Soil and water conservation districts. (b) Watershed conservancy districts. (c) Watershed districts. (d) Advisory watershed improvement boards. (e) Watershed planning boards.

3. Q. On what date …

Quick Mix Yeast Rolls, Ethel Diedrichsen

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Baking with yeast is one of the nicest ways to treat your family and friends. Mixing the dough is easy and shaping it is fun. You can have that wonderful feeling of accomplishment when you serve fragrant, delicious, homemade rolls. . The quick mix method of making yeast rolls saves both time and energy. The yeast is mixed with a portion of the dry ingredients. Soft shortening and warm liquid are added and the mixture is beaten with an electric mixer to speed up gluten development. The remainder of the flour is stirred in by hand and the dough is …

Stop ... Hog Cholera Losses, E. Crosby Howe

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HOG CHOLERA ERADICATION SAFEGUARDS the PORK INDUSTRY . " Eliminates expense of hog cholera .vaccination. Improves health status of hogs by freeing them from chronic cholera. Insures a constant supply of pork products at competitive price. Increases export of Nebraska pork to foreign markets. Stimulates pride in Nebraska's role in aiding in the National Hog Cholera Eradication Program.

Ec59-1822 Plant Diseases: Peony Blight, John L. Weihing

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EC 59-1822 is about plant diseases and especially peony blight (also called Botrytis blight) and how to control it.

Irrigation Farming: A Handbook For The Proper Application Of Water In The Production Of Crops, Lucius M. Wilcox

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A handbook for the application of water in the production of crops.